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Volume 17:12 December 2017
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Imagination Versus Reality in Raj Kamal Jha’s
The Blue Bedspread and If You are Afraid of Heights

A. Bharathi, M.A., M.Phil.


Abstract

Raj Kamal Jha is an Indian novelist and journalist. Jha is the author of three published novels. Jha’s fiction is known for its stark simplicity and ability to evoke emotion through attention to detail. This paper discusses Imagination Versus Reality in Raj Kamal Jha’s The Blue Bedspread and If You are Afraid of Heights. The paper presents a brief description of Indian English Literature and gives a brief author biography and his literary works. The deals with the Transmuted Reality in Jha’s first novel The Blue Bedspread. In this novel the protagonist’s life is changed in the imagination. It is about a middle-aged man who is in frustration, isolation and guilt about his past life in the city. In addition the paper discusses the Depiction of Despondency in Jha’s second novel If You are Afraid of Heights. This novel is about the past and present life of the central character. The paper discusses how in both the novels the protagonists defy the trend.

Inclusion of Commonwealth Literature in the English Curriculum

The reasons for the incorporation of Commonwealth literatures into the “English” curriculum are mixed. One reason might be described as based on literary judgment. The argument goes that there is a body of writing in English from outside the United Kingdom and the United States of American that is worthy of study. The introduction of “literary” qualities into discourse is, of course, almost always characterized by multifaceted, ambiguous, and often contradictory principles. If pressed, the proponents of this argument generally fall back on some aesthetic, structuralist, moral cultural-product, Marxist, psychoanalytic, or feminist justification.

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A. Bharathi, M.A., M.Phil.
The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women
Sivakasi 626123
Tamilnadu
India
bharathimla@yahoo.in

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